cin.getline error

[greenleaf800073]

well I have another problem

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

class Person
{
    public:
    char FirstName[256];
    char LastName[256];
    char phone[256];
    char address[256];
    char email[256];
};

Person getPerson()
{
    Person person;
    ofstream data;

    cout << "\nEnter another Person\n"
    << "First Name: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin >> person.FirstName;
    data << "First Name: " << person.FirstName;
    data << "\n";
    data.close();

    cout << "Last Name: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin >> person.LastName;
    data << "Last Name: " << person.LastName;
    data << "\n";
    data.close();

    cout << "Phone number: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin >> person.phone;
    data << "Phone: " << person.phone;
    data << "\n";
    data.close();

    cout << "Address: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin >> person.address[0];
    cin.getline(person.address,256);
    data << "Address: " << person.address;
    data << "\n";
    data.close();

    cout << "Email: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin >> person.email[0];
    cin.getline(person.email,256);
    data << "Email: " << person.email;
    data << "\n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
    data.close();

    return person;
}

int getPeople(Person people[], int nMaxSize)
{
    int index;
    for(index = 0; index < nMaxSize; index++)
    {
        char cAnswer;
        cout << "Enter another person? (Y or N): ";
        cin >> cAnswer;

        if(cAnswer != 'Y' && cAnswer != 'y')
        {
            break;
        }

        people[index] = getPerson();
    }
    return index;
}

void displayPerson(Person person)
{
    cout << "Name: " << person.FirstName << " " << person.LastName << endl;
    cout << "Phone number: " << person.phone << endl;
    cout << "Address: " << person.address<< endl;
    cout << "Email: " << person.email << endl;
}

void displayPeople(Person people[], int nCount)
{
    for(int index = 0;index < nCount; index++)
    {
        displayPerson(people[index]);
    }
}

void sortPeople(Person people[], int nCount)
{
    int nSwaps = 1;
    while(nSwaps != 0)
    {
        nSwaps = 0;

        for(int n = 0; n < (nCount - 1); n++)
        {
            if(people[n].phone > people[n+1].phone)
            {
                Person temp = people[n+1];
                people[n+1] = people [n];
                people[n] = temp;

                nSwaps++;
            }
        }
    }
}

int main(int nNumberofArgs,char* pszArgs[])
{
    Person people[256];

    cout << "Hello!, this is a program that stores: Name, Phone, Address, and email." << endl;
    cout << "It will store it temporarily in this console while" << endl;
    cout << "storing it in 'info.txt'." << endl;

    int count = getPeople(people, 256);
    sortPeople(people,count);

    cout << "Here is what your entered: " << endl;
    displayPeople(people,count);

    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

These places, they don't work...

[Elidor]

For your first code posting I would assume you would have to individually input the numbers one at a time with a loop. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is the case.
I think a char array is the exception since the purpose is to attain a string.

Ex.

char array[256];
cin >> array;

EDIT: Specifically what I mean is that I don't think the istream >> operator overloads to allow for input of an array of ints. Also .getline and .get only allow for char types.

[greenleaf800073]

How come it doesn't work outside of int main() and in switches and in if's and loops?

[crosslink]

This will not work because the members of the class should be declared inside the class i.e. The "void display()..." etc.

Also, "getline" can work outside the "main" function as long as it is used in the member(s) of a class and the member(s) properly called in the "main" function. As for the difference between "get" and "getline", use Google.

[Felicia123]

put looping for your array when display it .

for( int i = 0 ; i < 256 ; i ++ ){
        cout << array[i];
}

cout << endl;

[greenleaf800073]

Can someone post the code on how to fix it?... I don't get it...

[greenleaf800073]

I fixed it:

cin.getline(person.address,256);
    cout << "Address: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin.getline(person.address,256);
    data << "Address: " << person.address;
    data << "\n";
    data.close();

    cout << "Email: ";
    data.open("Info.txt", fstream::in|fstream::app);
    cin.getline(person.email,256);
    data << "Email: " << person.email;
    data << "\n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
    data.close();